Refrigerator



Patented Oct. 25, |898.

B. S. WILLIAMS.

BEFRIGERATOR. (Appliceion mea nec. 1e, 1897.)

(No Model.)

6 o m v m UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BARTHOLOMEW S. WILLIAMS, OF AURORA, MISSOURI.

REFRIGERATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 612,983, dated October25, 1898. Application iiled December 16, 1897. Serial No. 862,126. (Nomodel.)

ToV all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BARTIIOLOMEW S. WIL- LIAMs, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Aurora, in the county of Lawrence and State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRefrigerators; and I do'declare the following to be a full,clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has relation to a refrigerator or ice-box; and the objectis to simplify the construction and provide a compact and convenientdevice of this character capable of containing many and\large varietiesof edibles separated from olie another and yet be intimately associatedwith the cold air of the refrigerator.

With this obj ect in view the invention consists in certain features ofconstruction and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective view of myimproved refrigerator, and Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of theice tray or receptacle.

In said drawings, l denotes the frame of the refrigerator, which ispreferably rectangular in form and is provided with a door la. Withinthis casing are placed two concentric casings 2 and 3, provided withdoors 2 and 3', respectively. These concentric casings are spaced apartand are provided with supporting-legs 4..

5 denotes the ice tray or receptacle, the sides of which are preferablyrecessed, as shown at 6, which, in connection with the adjacent walls ofthe box, form compartments for bottles or similar articles, while thespaces above and below form provision-chambers. This receptacle isprovided on its top with a sliding cover 8, enlarged to permit of theinsertion of ice. I

A refrigerator thus constructed has a large storing capacity and may beeasily cleaned by simply withdrawing the inner concentric casings andthe ice-receptacle. In the present instance the ice-receptacle is shownas being supported within the innermost casing by brackets 9, secured tothe sides of said casing. Other means, however, may be substitutedwithout affecting the invention.

Although I have specifically described the construction and relativearrangement of the several elements of my invention, I do not desire tobe confined to the same, as such changes or modifications may be made asclearly fall within the scope of my invention without departing from thespirit thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

The combination in a refrigerator of a box or casing and thehorizontally-removable icereceptacle fitting the side walls thereof andsupported therein so as to form provisionspaces above and below thesame, the sides of the ice-receptacle having recesses or depressionsforming with the adjacent walls of the box, compartments for bottles orsimilar articles, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

BARTHOLOMEW S. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

E. L. SHELDON, M. T. DAvIs.

